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Giraffe's ARE cruel animals!
And freaky too....
Especially tiny giraffes...
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Good idea...that means I should probably print of 20 copies or so...Think it would count if you somehow made it into a .pdf and put it on your iPhone?
I've wondered the same thing, but since your license is only valid when you've signed it I don't think so. Maybe if you printed it, signed it, scanned it, then saved that to your phone it would be ok. Might be worth emailing SRD to find out for sure.
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That's why I buy online and print off multiple copies right away - one goes in my fishing bag, another in my wallet, and another in my glovebox.
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I like that little tool. Where can I get one?
Yes, that is what they call a safety razor. I have been wet shaving with that style of blade for a few years now and will never go back to cartridge style razors. The blades are not that easy to find locally any more, unless you order from a specialty place. One of my stops in Vegas in a couple of weeks will be the Art of Shaving store to shop for some blades.
There is also this guy in Calgary who I just found. http://www.rasagepoulin.com/blades/
Andrew
Check out O'Connor's on 1st Street SW and 14th Ave. They carry AoS and some of the higher end DE blades. I've picked up Merkur blades there before.
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Easiest way to find leaks with Simms waders is using a spray bottle with rubbing alcohol
Yup, if they're Simms Gore-Tex waders this is the best and easiest way to do it. The pinholes will actually turn a darker colour so you can aquaseal them. No need to mess around with anything else.
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I've always received good service at Saneal. The one on 11th Ave is their main store and has the largest stock on hand I think.
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You mean double-edged razor blades for a safety razor? Wal-mart, London Drugs, Shoppers, or almost any place that sells shaving stuff. The sharpest ones out there are made by Feather, but the Personnas, Merkur, and Gillette ones are pretty good too.
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Just too much Sage propaganda though!
The way I look at it is the DVD probably would've cost twice as much or never gotten made without that paid propaganda. It didn't bother me much, but then again I've been known to fish a few Sage rods
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I'll have to try the other side of the river next time to try the snap-t cast.
I'd suggest using a piece of wool instead of a fly when learning the snap-t. I've heard of people guillotining the tips of their rods with the hook while getting the hang of it.
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I would check out the Garmin Oregon Series. I had an Oregon 450 for a while until it was stolen from my car around Christmas. I did quite a bit of research before buying and originally was sold on the 60csx however they are no longer come with SiRF chipset which used to make them much better than most other units. They have a quad helix antenna which makes them a little more accurate than the oregon series, however the touch interface of the oregon trumps the slightly better accuracy of the 60csx in my opinion. You can also make your own custom maps using google earth that are compatible with the Oregon series. ( I had a 60csx but returned for an Oregon)
I used my Oregon in the car and when hiking and fishing. My advice is to avoid getting a unit with maps pre-installed and instead trying out some of the free maps that are available from a site such as http://www.ibycus.com/ibycustopo/
I looked high and low and GPS city here in Calgary by far had the best price I found (better than amazon.com and every other tradional/online/ebay store I checked out).
They also create great videos on the different units and post them on youtube. I would check them out.
Good luck with your search:)
Yup, I've been researching a handheld GPS as well and settled on the Oregon 550. The only downside to the Oregon is that the screen can be difficult to read in bright sunlight from what I've read. Plan on pulling the trigger on the purchase some time this week so I'll see how it is.
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Thought it was great. It was nice to see the actual techniques instead of casting since there are already so many videos covering that. Seeing how he works his way through the run was interesting. I thought the best part was seeing him swing without a take for a while and lose a bunch of fish since that's more realistic than a lot of the other videos out there.
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Really hope that fad burns out fast. Seems like Whiting is jacking their prices and eliminating sales of full and half saddles because of the increased demand. Pulled from another board:
Dear Whiting Farms Customer,Whiting Farms is experiencing an unprecedented onslaught of orders for our EuroHackle saddles. This is not just from the fashion world, but largely from the fly fishing pro shops that have new customers coming to them to buy our dry fly saddles for use in various fashion modes; hair weaves, ear rings, jewelry and crafts. This new traffic and business is welcome by the pro shops but we are faced with a real dilemma: orders vastly exceed supply! Understandably the shops that have put in orders to Whiting Farms, of any quantity, and are very keen to get them filled. But the number of saddles being ordered simply doesn’t exist. We wish we had as many saddles as everyone wanted. The crop of EuroHackle roosters to be harvested for 2011 is fixed and no changes can be made. Increases in production of this product line have and are being made, but the increasing numbers will be gradual and won't really be seen until 2012! Therefore we have been intensely pondering how we can most equitably allocate what saddles we do have coming to harvest in 2011.
The only fair way, I feel, is to divide and conquer. By this I mean we are going to disassemble our EuroHackle saddles and repackage them in a new product line called the "Whiting Fashion Pack". Sixteen long feathers of a single color will be affixed on our branded board, very much like our Whiting 100 Packs, but not sized as to hook size. The suggested retail price will be $20.00, which is a dealer price of $12.00. Therefore the margin to the shop will be their usual 40%. Most of the customers wanting these fashion feathers are wanting to experiment and so the smaller quantities will be welcome and more appropriate. The lower price point will encourage them to possibly buy a range of colors or several packs. A full or even half EuroHackle saddle is usually too many feathers of only one color for any hobbyist anyway.
In order to do this more fair allocation of our limited EuroHackle saddles we will have to cease selling full or half saddles as a product line. We are making an extra effort to keep our flagship Whiting dry fly saddles, and the new High and Dry saddles, in good stock to supply all the fly tier’s needs.
We appreciate your understanding of these needed changes.
Sincerely, Tom Whiting
If you're wondering what it looks like take a look at http://www.finefeatherheads.com/
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The spey I have now is a cheap 8wt 13'6" blank from Mudhole that my uncle built. It seems to be a a tad on the noodley side. If I go with another Spey, I'd like to go with something a little quicker, and a little more back bone.
Lots of those out there. How soon do you need it? I think Fish Tales is doing another Spey demo this spring. Otherwise I think glshooter had a 7wt Spey for sale in the trading post.
Edit: My mistake. Glshooter is selling a 9wt. Bhurt is selling a 13' 7wt.
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Those comments were probably from fishermen in Alaska complaining about how he compares the fish in Kamchatka to there.
Why would Alaskan fishermen complain about a comparison to fish in Russia?
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The reel is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it, at least that's what my Econ prof told me years ago...
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Do you want to go skagit, scandi, or mid-belly? Does the rod have a grain window printed on it? I'd guess if you're going skagit then something between 500 and 600 grains should work but I've never cast that rod so couldn't say for sure. The reel should be big enough to fit at least 100 yards of 30lb dacron, your running line, and the skagit head and tip. On my 7wt spey rods I use a Danielsson L5W 8twelve with a 510 grain compact skagit or 525 skagit flight.
Unfortunately nobody can tell you which line will work best for you on that rod. People can tell you what they like best on it and give you a starting point, but there's a lot of personal preference involved in the exact line pairing. I have a Z-Axis 9143 that I use a 660 grain skagit head on, but I know someone who's a better caster than me who prefers a 720 grain on the same rod.
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What kind of fishing are you looking to do with it and where?
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It's a couple years old, but check out this roundup of waterproof cameras http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/Q209waterproofgroup/
Have the Canon D10 and it's a pretty good camera. A little bulkier than some of the others but the photo quality is top notch.
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Anyone know of local sources for aftermarket seat warmers for a vehicle and rough prices including installation? After having them in my cars for the past nine years I don't think I can live without them and my next vehicle doesn't come with them.
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My girlfriend has one of those pop-ups but she bought it used from a neighbour. Have you checked kijiji or Craigslist? And I'm looking at getting a Tacoma this year so no remarks from me about the Tundra.
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Yeah, I'd just go with level running line if you're going to be swinging flies with a skagit head and tips. The two setups I plan on taking out there have mono running line, skagit head, and various sink tips in different lengths and sink rates. I'm told that a type 3, type 6, and floating tip are all you really need out there, but I have various lengths of T14 and a set of light MOW tips that I'll bring with me as well just in case. If I were in your shoes I'd try the Slick Shooter first since it's so cheap and if you don't like the mono because it's too thin then try something like the Airflo Ridge which is more expensive. You can always use the Slick Shooter for the trailing hooks on your intruders too.
Have you gotten to cast any rods yet? The biggest mistakes I've ever made were buying spey rods without casting them a bunch first. All of them ended up on the trading post.
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What are you looking to cast with it? I don't know anyone who uses a tapered running line for swinging flies, but it would probably work better for presentations where you need to do lots of mending like nymphing. You might want to try a level mono running line first and go from there. A spool of Slick Shooter is only around $10 so if you don't like it you aren't out a lot of coin.
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Are you looking for info on tapered running line or durability and all that of the Dragontail specifically? Some info on tapered running line in this thread.
Tibor Reel With Spey/single Hand Rod
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If you're talking about the 7126 TCX I have a Danielsson L5W 8twelve on mine and it balances nicely at about 8oz.